As No. 14 Iowa (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) passes the halfway point of its 2026-27 season, CBS Sports included the Hawkeyes among its College Football Playoff bubble watch. Iowa was featured alongside fellow Big Ten foes Oregon, Wisconsin, and USC.

Iowa football wasn’t the only Big Ten team to face some adversity on the national stage. Here’s what happened across the Big Ten, and how it impacts Iowa’s game against Wisconsin.

Iowa is seeing some stocks take a tumble after losing to Minnesota, but amid the crash, a few are rising from the mess.

The rain cleared up, and USC woke up rallying from a 14-point deficit to beat Iowa 26-21 inside the Coliseum Saturday to keep the Trojans' College Football Playoff hopes alive. USC trailed 21-7 in the second quarter and 21-10 at halftime before outscoring Iowa 16-0 in the second half to win.

USC football disappointed, Oregon imploded, and Iowa couldn't score. The middle-of-the-pack teams were the biggest winners in Big Ten Week 8

Week 8 of Big Ten action came to an end with the Wisconsin Badgers blowing out the USC Trojans. It was a wild week, to say the least, as in addition to that upset, a pair of major games went to overtime.

BYU dropped six spots after a double-overtime loss to UCF, while Texas jumped eight places in the latest AP Top 25 college football rankings.

The Big Ten is inching closer to a nightmare scenario in which the winner of the past three national championships only places two teams in the College Football Playoff. That grim